Legal Opinion
Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Co. v. S. T. G. Construction Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 26, 1970No. Nos. 214, 215 and 216, Dockets 33077, 33113 and 33188PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WATERMAN, Circuit Judge.
S. T. G. Construction Company, the defendant below, together with its surety Continental Casualty Company, failed to complete a contract it had entered into with the plaintiff, Staten Island Rapid Transit Railway Company, to build a fender system for a new bridge being constructed by the Railroad over the Arthur Kill from Staten Island to Port Elizabeth, N. J. The Railroad commenced a diversity of citizenship action in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York1 by which it sought to recover in damages the additional sums it had to pay to…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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